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raccoon

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12. There were plenty of murders and mass murders of ethnic

Reply to Elessar Zappa (Reply #11)

Mon Aug 9, 2021, 07:32 AM

Aug 2021

Groups in other areas. They might not have called it lynching. But hate crimes happen everywhere.

Look up Vincent Chin. His two murderers served no jail time. That was in Michigan.

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'Lynchings in Mississippi never stopped' [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 OP

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Why does this not surprise me at all. Some things never change. n/t thenelm1 Aug 2021 #3

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Occam's Razor misanthrope Aug 2021 #8

It's not the death by hanging that qualifies as "lynching" misanthrope Aug 2021 #5

You beat me to it. halfulglas Aug 2021 #6

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"...it's treated as a suicide almost immediately..." uponit7771 Aug 2021 #9

Excellent article, but what about the other 49 states? raccoon Aug 2021 #10

Lynching cases have always Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #11

There were plenty of murders and mass murders of ethnic raccoon Aug 2021 #12